Corset



NiTaD STATES VILLIAM II. RAMSEY, OF NEWTARK, NEW JERSEY.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,644, dated AOctober 31, 1882.

(No model.)

To all Awhom itmdg/ concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM 1I. Hanser, ot' Newark, county of Essex, and State ot' New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Oorsets, ot' which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of corsets composed of several sections having eyeleted edges, which are to be united to retain the corset about the body ot the wearer.

In this my invention each halt' of the corset is supposed to be madein two pieces meeting together at the side of the wearer or under the arm-scye, and one object of my invention is to obviate pinching the clothes or body ot' the wearer of the corset when the said edges come together. To overcome this difficulty I have set one ot' the rows of the eyelets back from the edge ot' one of the corset-sections for a distance in excess of the width ofthe space which will intervene between the adjacent rows of eyelets when the corset is laced together about the person, so that there is formed a Hap or underlay, the free edge of which extends under the edge ot' the other or adjacent section of the corset-half.

In my invention this underlay so formed keeps the crossed parts of the lacing-cord from contact with the under-clothing, which, when a lacing having india rubber is employed, is of decided advantage.

The eyeletsin myimproved corset are set in a novel manner. Heretofore the eyelets have been set in straight lines from bottom to top ot' the corset, and opposed eyeleted edges to be joined by the same lacing-cord have contained a like number of eyelets; but in my improved corset, herein shown, the eyelets, or they may be any usual hooks or studs, are set in a curved line to conform to the curve ofthe body at the waist, and one edge-has twice the number ot' eyelets as the other, so that I am enabled to lace the two sections together-the one with eyelets near its edge and the other with eyelets very considerably remote from its edgewithout passing the lacing over the edge of each section, so the underlay or flap may lie straight, and not be turned or at'tected at its edge by the lacing-cord.

Figure l represents in side elevation a sufficient portion oi' the outer side ot' one-half of a corsetvto illustrate one embodiment ot' my invention, that portion ot' the front ot' the section which covers the breasts being broken away to econoxnize space on the drawings; Fig. 2, an inner side elevation ot' Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a detail showing a modification.

Each halfot'myim proved corset is composed ot' two sections, A I3,formed ot' two or more pieces properly shaped land stitched together at their edges. The section B is that which covers the main part ot' the bac-kof the wearer, and has, as usual, the row oteyelets a. This section B, made in accordance with my invention, is provided with a second row ot' eyelets, b, herein shown as twenty-foursetinacurve. Theseeyeletsb (see Fig. 2) are set back at a considerable distance from the edge c ofthe section B, so as to form a wide free-edged underlay ortlap, made to increase in width from the waist-line downward to the lower' edge of the section, the broadest part ot' the said underlay covering the hip. I have shown this underlay or free-edged iiap as stit't'ened by means of a series of vertical stiifeners, d, bone or other usual material, secured side by side between the outer and inner plies ot' the corset. The section A has its rear edge curved to enable it to conform to the side of the body of the wearer, and near such curved edge I place the row ot' eyelets c. (Shown as twelve in number.) The lacing-cord j', herein shown as an elastic or india-rubber cord suitably covered, is inserted through an eyelet e from, say, the inner side of the corset, and then through an eyelet b of the section B from its outer side, and thence immediately back from the inner side through the next eyelet b, and thence again through an eyclet e from its innerside. Suchlacingofthecordfthroughone eyelet e and next through two eyelets b enables me to expose at the inner side ot' the corset next the underclothing only a small portion ofthe said cord, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be understood that the lacing-cord extends across the edge ot' section A at its outer and inner sides; but the tree edge ofthe underlay or Hap of section B is not crossed at either face by the lacing-cord, and the said underlay or ilap is permitted to extend under the crossed parts of the cord j" and for a distance far enough to cover the gap which will occur vbetween the row ot' eyelets b and the edge ofthe section A nearest the row ot' eyelets e under al adjustments of the corset, the said space being more or less, according to the requirements ot' the shape ot the body of the wearer'ot' the corset.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the row of eyelets b as inserted in a narrow piece or strip ot' cloth, g, stitched along one edge to the section B, such being shown as a modification within the scope ot' myinvention, and so, also, I desire it to be understood that the underlay or tlap might he formed as part ot' section A rather than section B, in which case section A would receife the greatest number ot' eyelets. rEhe portion ot` section A broken away and not shown will be all as usual, and will contain the usual clamping-steel.

I claim-fl. The corset-section A, provided with .eyelets e, and section B, provided with twice the number of eyelets b, and with the stiffened underlayincreased in width from the waist of the corset downward, combined with a lacing-cord extended through the saideyelets, as described, from opposite sides of the corset, whereby the lacing-cord is made to cross only the edge ot" the section A, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a corset, the section B, provided withwM. H. RAMSEY. f

Witnesses: A

G. W. GREGORY, FRED A. POWELL. 

